REGION 2 – The Southeast Midwest: I see this area to be sort of a hybrid between the NW Midwest (region 1) and the NE US (region 3). Thus, I see the northern half of this region to see warmer than average temps and less than average snows. I have my doubts that the El Nino will be strong enough to completely shut out these areas for snow-play, but instead of counting the season in months, it will more likely be counted in weeks.
The southern ˝ of this region will likely see above average snowfall and slightly below average temps. This is not exactly big snow country, so even with these conditions, the snow-play will be limited, but if an El Nino does end up coming to fruition, then I would not be surprised to see one or more large snow storms impact the southern ˝ of region 2.

We expect a 2015 Yamaha SR Viper M-TX 162” to be about 600 pounds wet weight. This would make it about 35 pounds lighter than a 2014 Arctic Cat M9000 162” and about 25 pounds heavier than a 2014 Arctic Cat M8000 162” with a turbo and electric start. 25 pounds heavier than the M8. Take a 2014 Polaris Pro RMK 800 163” with a turbo and electric start (the lightest sled on the market with those specs), and your only about 60 pounds difference.

We all know dry weight is bogus. I don’t know anyone that rides a sled dry. The best comparison for weight will be weights of production sleds, wet with 3 gallons of fuel in every and two quarts of oil in the oil tanks of the 2 strokes. Sledrumors plans to weight each of the sleds this way after they are delivered in the Fall. What do you think about these weight claims/estimates? Give us your comments below."